Tourism in Taiwan is fun, but if you’re looking for something more, the strange and unusual underbelly, then come with me and take a peek behind the curtain, as we explore Taiwan Obscura 🇹🇼 Read more 👇🏾 www.travelonastustring.com/stories/taiw...

📢 New post: The Independent Travel Guide to Tanzania 🇹🇿 🪾Serengeti 🦁Ngorongoro 🏔️Kilimanjaro 🏝️ Zanzibar 🍳 Chipsi mayai One country is lucky enough to be home to all of this - Tanzania 👇🏾 www.travelonastustring.com/stories/tanz...

Some experiences are once in a lifetime - a hot air balloon over Cappadocia, trekking to Machu Picchu, the northern lights, or stepping onto an Antarctic glacier. Other experiences are also once in a lifetime, though in the sense that once is enough. www.travelonastustring.com/stories/once...

Before visiting #Taiwan I thought China had no legitimate claim to the island, and the last two weeks have only strengthened this view 🇹🇼

On IG, I'm looking back at my African travels from 2006. I've revisited Egypt, Morocco, and Western Sahara. This week it's Mauritania 🇲🇻 You can read more about this trip in 'Everything All Of The Time,' available on BookBaby & Amazon. www.instagram.com/p/DW0A3X1CbU...

Taiwan, day 1 🇹🇼

No. 3: Western Sahara 🌍 Is Western Sahara a country? When the Spanish withdrew in '75, the Polisario Front fought the invading Moroccan forces. When I visited in 2006, it was clear who was in charge, with Moroccan flags and banners all over Laayoune. More 👇🏾 www.instagram.com/p/DWQd7gbkSC...

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Tofo, Mozambique 🌴 🇲🇿

"A trip to Iraq will not only shatter your perceptions, it will blow them away." 🇮🇶 Read more 👇🏾 www.travelonastustring.com/stories/the-...

Over the next 40 days I'll be travelling overland from Arusha 🇹🇿 to Johannesburg 🇿🇦 (the only way to travel in Africa 🌍) If you want to follow along I'll be posting stories on my Instagram account 👇🏾 instagram.com/travelonastust…

If you've ever ridden in a matatu is East Africa you might like this reel I made 🇰🇪👇🏾 www.instagram.com/reel/DTcXF5w...

Where will you be travelling in 2026? 🌎 Check out Travel 2026: The HOT / NOT list for some inspiration 👇🏾 🇱🇰 🇮🇶 🇬🇪 🇦🇹 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇪🇹 🇦🇶 🇦🇺 🇸🇳 Thanks to @touchtheworld6 @formerlywtc.bsky.social @nomadicbackpacker.bsky.social @tspadventure for their pictures 😊 www.travelonastustring.com/stories/trav...

Recommendations please: Where would you pitch a 500 word piece about Itchan Kala (Khiva), Uzbekistan? 🇺🇿 #TravelCommunity #WritingCommmunity

We couldn't even make it through the first week of 2026 without the US bombing another country 🙄

Happy New Year and #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Here's to another great year of travel! 🇦🇺 🇲🇾 🇳🇵 🇺🇿 🇰🇬 🇹🇯 🇦🇪 🇰🇼 🇮🇶 🇰🇪 www.instagram.com/p/DS4SbPNDPz...

Does anyone have photos of these places and would like to be featured (and duly credited) in my January #TravelBlog? 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇦🇹 Austria 🇨🇦 Canada 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇸🇳 Senegal #TravelCommunity #TravelPhotography #TravelBlogger www.travelonastustring.com

#TravelWrapped 2025 🌍 Countries visited: 10 🇦🇺 🇲🇾 🇳🇵 🇺🇿 🇰🇬 🇹🇯 🇦🇪 🇰🇼 🇮🇶 🇰🇪 New countries: 5 🇺🇿 🇰🇬 🇹🇯 🇰🇼 🇮🇶 Highlight: summiting Mera Peak / Iraq Lowlight: Kuwait (boring) Photos: 🇳🇵 Mera Peak 🇮🇶 Abu Dulaf 🇺🇿 Khiva 🇲🇾 Mt Kinabalu What did you 2025 look like? #TravelCommunity

My 3 week trip in #Iraq ends today and I have only positive things to say about this country. I've been welcomed by everyone I've met and extremely grateful to the Iraqi people for their hospitality. I would encourage everyone to consider visiting Iraq as soon as you can! ♥️

Who wants to be my 300th follower? 📸 www.instagram.com/travelonastu...

Iraq, week 2: Karbala - Babylon - Samarra - Baghdad 🇮🇶 www.instagram.com/p/DSCC6L9DPV...

My final blog post for the year: The Independent Travel Guide to Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 Make sure this wonderful country is on your list for 2026! www.travelonastustring.com/stories/the-...

Day 1 in Iraq 🇮🇶 crossing from Kuwait. I'll be travelling south to north over the next 3 weeks. If you want to follow along most of the action will be on my IG 👇🏾 instagram.com/travelonastust…

📢 New post: Has technology ruined travel? "In early 2006, when backpacking in West Africa, a fellow traveller was aghast at someone travelling with a laptop. In the two decades since, so much has changed." Read more ➡️ www.travelonastustring.com/stories/tech...

Stu OBrien talks about his 3 favourite countries @travelonastustring.bsky.social www.nomadicbackpacker.com/travelonastu...

📢 New post: Tombstone Tourism 🪦 The imagination of humanity, particularly when it concerns death, is endlessly fascinating. One of the best ways to learn about death practices when travelling is to visit cemeteries or other places of burial or cremation. www.travelonastustring.com/stories/tomb...

Does anyone know countries that accept passports with less than 6 months left on them? #TravelCommunity #TravelTribe

World Tourism Day 2025: Spotlight on Malaysia 🇲🇾 There are few countries where you can dine on world class cuisine, hike through rainforests, relax on pristine beaches, and explore a capital city with mosques, temples, and one of the world’s largest caves. www.travelonastustring.com/stories/worl...

Exploring Australia's oldest European cemetery 🪦 Home to around 50 'First Fleeters' and the infamous magistrate Samuel Marsden, known as the flogging parson.

🇹🇼 In Samoa, Always Say Yes 🇹🇼 "To approach travel with an ‘always say yes’ attitude is to embrace a greater unknown than what already awaits. It is to trust in the kindness of strangers and the hand of fate." Read more here 👇🏾 www.travelonastustring.com/stories/in-s...

Quarandiaries: This journey is one of anti-travel. A trip to nowhere. A stationary voyage. We are about to enter hotel quarantine. A fortnight inside. A look back at #Covid times 👇🏽 #TravelCommunity #TravelAddicts www.travelonastustring.com/stories/quar...

This month's article is a long one, so put on the kettle, ease into your favourite chair, and read all about Mera Peak 🗻 🇳🇵 www.travelonastustring.com/stories/mera... #TravelTuesday #TravelAddicts #HikingAdventures #TravelCommunity

You have 2 weeks, what are you choosing? 🇺🇿 🇰🇿 Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan 🇺🇿 🇰🇬 Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan Another Stan combo?

Happy #TravelTuesday, everyone 🗺 Each month, I send a little email update with my monthly article. If you'd like to sign up, visit the link here 👇🏽 Happy travels! 🌍 www.travelonastustring.com

Updated, post Kinabalu and Mera Peak 🗻 #TravelAddicts #TravelCommunity www.travelonastustring.com/stories/alti...

Planning the next trip of 2025... ✈️

'The earth coloured exterior of #Kathmandu Airport is a familiar sight. The feelings of reacquainting with an old friend, a former lover, stir within. Nerves, excitement, butterflies in the stomach. How much, I wonder, have things changed in a decade?' 🇳🇵 www.travelonastustring.com/stories/retu...

An amazing 3 weeks in Nepal comes to an end today, but I'm leaving with so much to write about. I'm looking forward to sharing the stories with you all... 😁 🇳🇵

A successful summit of Mera Peak early on Saturday morning, and an amazing 10 days in the mountains 🗻🇳🇵 #TravelAddicts #TravelTuesday #TravelCommunity #Nepal

There's something you don't see every day - a cat backpack 🐈 #TravelAddicts #TravelCommunity

🇳🇵Aanandadi Lokeshwar Temple in Chobhar, dedicated to the Hindu Gods Shiva and Parvati. Worshippers nail metal plates to the inside walls as an accompaniment to their prayers. Chobhar is a nice break from the crowds in central #Kathmandu, with spectacular views of the valley. #TravelCommunity

"The mountains are calling, and I must go - to Nepal" 🇳🇵 #TravelCommunity #TravelAddicts www.instagram.com/p/DIK8MI5TFM...

📢 New post: The independent guide to hiking Mt Kinabalu 🇲🇾 "Rising to 4,095 metres above sea level, Mt Kinabalu is the highest mountain in Malaysia and one of the most accessible summits in Southeast Asia." Read more 👇🏽 #TravelTuesday #TravelCommunity www.travelonastustring.com/stories/kina...

Only two more weekends until I'm going back to #Nepal! 😁 🇳🇵

🏞 Fugitive Travel: Tali Karng Retreat "Gunaikurnai country, in Victoria’s southeast, has hosted many fugitive travellers. From colonial era outlaws to First Nations resistance fighters & armed gangs of bushrangers, the area boasts a chequered history." www.travelonastustring.com/stories/fugi...

Just over a week until I start my hike of Mt #Kinabalu, and I go and drop my bike handle on my toe 😬 (I won't post a pic - unless you like looking at that stuff) #TravelersTales 🇲🇾 #TravelAddicts #TravelCommunity

Looking forward to a week of Malaysian food, starting this time next week! 🇲🇾 #TravelTuesday #TravelAddicts #TravelCommunity www.instagram.com/p/DGevnhzz_8...

Are You Ready To Skip European Tourist Hotspots? More Travelers Think You Should forbes.com/sites/emesemac… Thanks for the mention @emesemaczko.bsky.social 😎

This week's #TopTravelPics is #Reflections 🇦🇺 Arthur Pieman River 🇸🇿 Miliwane Sanctuary 🇴🇲 Jebel Shams 🇭🇷 Split at night Share your pics & tag hosts @thethoroughtripper.bsky.social @sisbehaving.bsky.social @foodshoptravel.bsky.social #TravelAddicts